Garment-fastener.



No. 870,549. PATENTED NOV. 12, 1907.

.H. DICKINSON. GARMENT FASTENBR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1906.

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HENRY DICKINSON,- OF FLUSHING, NEW YORK.

GARMENT-FASTEN ER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1907.

Application filed August 21, 1906. Serial No. 331.442.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Dickinson, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Flushing, in the county of Queens and State of New York,United States of America, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Garment-Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improved garment fastener and its object isto provide a simple and efficient device for temporarily fastening aportion of a garment or other article to another portion of the samegarment or article, or to another body.

I will describe my invention in the following specification and pointout the novel features thereof in claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a representation of two bodieswith a plurality of my improved fasteners attached thereto, some ofwhich are shown in their closed or fastened position and some are shownin their open position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 is afront elevation of the socket or female member of my improved fastener.Figs. 4 and 5 are, respectively, a side elevation and a plan view of thebutton or male member of my fastener.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of,the figures.

A and B designate two bodies of cloth, leather or other material whichare to be detachably fastened together. I

10 designates the socket or female member of my fastener. It ispreferably constructed of a piece of spring brass wire or other suitablematerial, cut to a given length and then bent into the peculiar shapeshown in Figs. 2 and 3. The front of this member 10 is constructed toform at its upper portion an oval loop practically closed at the top asshown at 12, and nearly closed at the bottom as shown at 13. Below thisa smaller oval loop 14 is formed. 14, are connected together by arestricted passage at 13: Below the small loop 14 the wire is twistedtogether to close the bottom of the loop and to form a closed ring 15.Back of this front portion of member 10 (which portion is illustrated inFig. 3) the wire is bent to form a back portion which is atsubstantially right angles to the front portion. This back portion maybe made to form eyelets 16, 17 and 18 as shown in Fig. 2. .The ends ofthe wire are then carried through the ring 15 and fastened thereto bybeing bent back upon themselves. The member 20 is similarly constructedof spring wire. In Fig. 5 it may be seen that the front portion of thismember 20 is made to form a wedge-shaped head 21 with its outer faces22, 22 set at an acute angle to each other and its inner or back faces23, 23 set at an obtuse angle to each other. Back of this head the wireis twisted together to form a short shank 24. The back These two loops,11 and portion of this male member 20 is carried to either side of thehead 21 perpendicularly to the plane of the head and may be made to formeyelets 25, 2G, 27 and 28. A pair of these members constitutes afastener. They are adapted to be attached to two bodies which are to bei fastened together, such, for example, as" the opposite sides of theplacket of a skirt, a glove, a corset, or any other desired article.They are shown so attached in Fig. 1. They may be attached in anydesired manner as by being sewed onto the surface of the article. Theeyelets 16, 17, 18, 25, 26, 27 and 28 will facilitate this method ofattaching.

It may be seen from the drawings that the front face of the member 10and the head 21 of member 20 both he in planes at right angles to thesurface to which they are attached. When it is desired to fasten the twoparts together the head 21 is first pushed through the loop 1].. Thewidth of the opening formed by this loop is considerably smaller thanthe width of the head 21 at the widest portion of this head. The wedgeof the latter will, however, force the sides of this loop apart untilthe widest part of the head has passed inside of the loop 11, when thelatter will spring together again into its normal position when it willsurround the shank 24 of the member 20, The sides of the oval loop 11may be readily sprung back as above described, for it is not rigidlyheld between the closed ring 15 and the eyelet 16. After the head isthus sprung through the oval loop 11 it is pressed downward until itsshank 24 is forced through the contracted passage 13 and into the smallloop 1.4. The contracted passage will be sprung apart by the pressureupon the member 20 and will close again to cause the small loop 14 toembrace the shank 24. The two members are then securely fastenedtogether as the width of loop 14 is not great enough to allow the head21 to be pulled back out of it. The fastener is secured against allordinary strains to which it is subjected and the members will notbecome separated except by voluntary manipulation. When it is desired toseparate the two articles thus secured together it is only necessary topush the shank 24 up through the restricted passage 13 into the largeloop 11 and to pull the two members of the fastener apart. The anglebetween the back faces 23, 23 of the head 21 is sufficient to cause thesides of loop 11 to be sprung apart a SHfflClGlll; amount to accomplishthis result. Where a plurality of these fasteners are attached to theopposite sides of a garment, such as a corset, it is possible to givethe two movements necessary to connect or disconnect them simultaneouslyto all of the members. The manipulation is therefore very simple.

I The reliability of this fastener together with the simplicity of itsconstruction and ease of manipulation give it many advantages over otherfasteners of this character. I have illustrated and described it asconstructed of spring Wire, but its principle may, of course, beembodied in other suitable constructions.

What I claim is.

1. In a garment fastener, the combination of a member constructed toform two openings of different size connected by a restricted passage,and a second member having a wedge-shaped head of greater width at itswidest portion than that of the larger of said two openings.

2. A garment fastener, consisting of two members constructed of springwire, one of said members being of such shape as to form two loops ofdifferent size and a restricted passage between said loops, the other ofsaid members being constructed to form a wedge-shaped head having frontfaces at an acute angle to each other, and a shank.

A garment fastener, consisting of two members constructed of springwire, one of said members being of such shape as to form two loops ofdifterent size and a restricted passage between said loops, the other ofsaid members being constructed to form a wedge-shaped head havingfrontfaces at an acute angle to each other, a shank, and means 011 each ofthe members for attaching them to a body or bodies with their operativefaces in planes at right angles to said bodies.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY DICKINSON.

Witnesses J. M. WinsoN, FRANK MILLER.

